Bristnall Hall Technology College

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Bristnall Hall Technology College
Type	Comprehensive community school
Headteacher	Mr. Steven Venross
Specialism	Technology College
Location	Bristnall Hall Lane Oldbury West Midlands B68 9PA England
LEA	Sandwell
Ofsted number	104016
Students	864
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11 to 16
Website	www.bhtc.sandwell.sch.uk
Coordinates: 52°29′04″N 1°59′38″W / 52.48453, -1.99390

Bristnall Hall Technology College (previously Bristnall Hall High School) is a secondary school located in Oldbury, West Midlands, England. It received Technology College status in 2005, a year after the appointment of Mr. Stephen Venross as head teacher.

The school was opened during the 1930s to serve the expanding Warley area of Oldbury, and was initially a secondary modern school for pupils who did not pass their 11+ exam - those who did attended Oldbury Grammar School or Oldbury Technical School.

The gap between Bristnall and the other local schools closed during the 1970s when all the local secondary schools became comprehensive schools. There are currently six forms in each of the five year groups, and in 2006, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council announced plans to merge Bristnall with nearby Langley High School. However, it was announced in 2007 that the school would be rebuilt on the site of Langley High School as part of the Building Schools for the Future scheme. Langley High School has merged with nearby Warley High School to become Oldbury College of Sport.